Question

Question 1 (1 point)

The following best describes the relationship between benevolence and society

Question 1 options:

	Benevolence is helps society to flourish
	Benevolence helps society to a minimal degree
	Benevolence is essential for the existence of society
	Benevolence is of no help to society

Question 2 (1 point)

How can an accountant exercise benevolence

Question 2 options:

	Giving money to worthwhile causes
	Providing accounting services pro bono to worthwhile organizations
	Devoting his or her career to a worthwhile organization
	All of the above

Question 3 (1 point)

Our benevolence naturally first directed toward:

Question 3 options:

	Our neighbors
	Our family
	Our country
	Our friend

Question 4 (1 point)

What is our motivation for being benevolent

Question 4 options:

	To be remembered by posterity
	To be a person who is praiseworthy, earning inner tranquility and satisfaction
	To receive praise and recognition from others
	To earn goodwill with others

Question 5 (1 point)

The great businessman and philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie, gave enormous sums of money to establish:

Question 5 options:

	Libraries
	Schools
	Universities
	All of the above

Question 6 (1 point)

What is the relationship between the Sympathy Principle and the virtue of Benevolence?

Question 6 options:

	The virtue of benevolence is hindered by the sympathy principle
	The virtue of benevolence is based on the sympathy principle
	The virtue of benevolence is unrelated to the sympathy principle
	The sympathy principle is loosely related to benevolence

Question 7 (1 point)

Why does Smith consider benevolence to be a higher virtue than prudence or justice?

Question 7 options:

	Because acts of benevolence produce the greatest good and deserve the highest reward
	Because in the absence of benevolence, society would crumble
	Because prudence and justice are not required to maintain society
	Because prudence and justice are not praiseworthy

Question 8 (1 point)

Our tendency to take an interest in our fellow human beings is:

Question 8 options:

	Something acquired through experience
	Something learned in school
	Something learned in church
	One of our fundamental characteristics

Question 9 (1 point)

With regard to benevolence, we should

Question 9 options:

	Encourage benevolent motives and actions, but we should not try to force others to be benevolent
	Not encourage benevolence
	Encourage benevolent motives and actions, and force others to act benevolently, if necessary
	Discourage benevolence

Question 10 (1 point)

Why does the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct not discuss benevolence

Question 10 options:

	Because the AICPA discourages its members from supporting charitable activities
	Because the accounting profession does not provide opportunities to exercise benevolence
	Because the Code is still incomplete
	Because the Code is designed to establish minimum levels of required ethical behavior

Answer 1

1.Benevolence is helps society to flourish

2. Giving money to worthwhile causes

3. Our family

4. To earn goodwill with others

5. All of the above

6. The virtue of benevolence is hindered by the sympathy principle

7. Because acts of benevolence produce the greatest good and deserve the highest reward

8. One of our fundamental characteristics

9. Encourage benevolent motives and actions, but we should not try to force others to be benevolent

10.Because the Code is still incomplete